Baggies battle to draw

Hull were rewarded for their dominance with fine goals from the excellent Bernard Mendy and Craig Fagan.

But a Jay Simpson strike and Chris Brunt's penalty earned the visitors a point.

Hull asserted themselves from early on with Mendy creating a shooting opportunity for Dean Marney after a poor clearance by Scott Carson. Marney's effort was a tame one and Andy Dawson shot straight at Carson after the ball came back out.

Simpson had a good chance for West Brom but volleyed over after Marc-Antoine Fortune had chested down Brunt's centre.

Richard Garcia squandered a glorious opportunity when he got on the end of a superb Kevin Kilbane cross but headed over, but Hull took the lead just before the interval with a fine individual goal from Mendy.

The pacy Frenchman broke clear of Paul Robinson after a long ball from Ian Ashbee and coolly rounded Carson to tap home.

Marney forced Carson into action with a fierce drive from 20 yards after a lay-off by Fagan and Mendy put the rebound wide. West Brom then rewarded Carson for his efforts with an equaliser against the run of play after 53 minutes.

Morrison jinked his way into the box and youngster Simpson tucked home left-footed, but Hull regained the lead in the 69th minute after more superb work from Mendy whose cross was headed in by Fagan.

But Robert Koren raced onto the ball and was brought down by Kamil Zayatte for a penalty which Brunt converted for a point.